uture is about the
only rapper that
can come near
to Drake’s monumental 2015. Dropping
three mixtapes, in 6
months, Future has gone
from just another ‘that’s
not hip hop!‘ auto-tuned
rapper to a leading
light of the subgenre,
completely defining his
own sound and whose
presence on any
given track
guarantee’s a
hit; similar
too..well,
Drake.
Drake
has
dis-
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cussed collaborative
albums with other
artists before, such as
they have little in common. Where last year
Future was thoroughly
‘Girl you know you
like a pistol you a
throw away‘.
Lil Wayne, Rick Rossand
even Trey Songz.
And while Drake
has made
great music with
them all,
stylistically
loved up singing unabashed love songs
like ‘I Won‘, since his
break up with Ciara,
Future has essentially
become… Drake. Now
he’s stepped up his
moody post-trap
production and
he’s equal
parts ‘gon’ fuck that
nigga get it over with.’,
and equal parts: ‘Girl you
know you like a pistol
you a throw away‘. So
Drake and Future are a
match made in heaven;
on paper at least.
Metro Boomin’ is the
unsung hero of this
project producing 7 of
the 11 tracks. He creates
a mood more reminiscent of DS2 while subtly
catering to Drake’s style.
The whole reason Drake
was the sole
feature on
‘DS2‘ was
down to
him being
such a